Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Cuba
Cuba: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 0.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Cuba, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Cuba recorded 0.7% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Cuba peaked at 1.8% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2021.
Cuba ranks 143rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.0% | — |
| 1992 | 1.1% | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 1.3% | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 1.2% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.3% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.4% | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 1.6% | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 1.7% | +11.9% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -16.8% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -12.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +45.4% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -35.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -44.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +6.6% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | +3.1% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 14% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 0.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 22% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More work & labour data for Cuba
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.07 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.06 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1738 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,101 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,722 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,757 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,821 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,577 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Cuba?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Cuba was 0.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2001.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
- How does Cuba rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Cuba ranks 143rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.